Office Space in the Hayden Tract, Culver City: What to Know Before You Lease

The Hayden Tract is the most well-known creative office campus in Los Angeles. Located in the center of Culver City, it covers roughly 800,000 square feet spread across 24 buildings converted from post-war industrial structures. This is not a glass tower with exposed brick tacked on. The bones are real: bow-truss ceilings, sawtooth rooflines, concrete floors, skylights, and outdoor patios that tenants actually use. Apple, Amazon, HBO, Nike, TikTok, and Sony Pictures Animation all have offices here.

History of the Hayden Tract

The neighborhood started as an industrial zone built out in the 1940s. In the late 1980s, developers Frederick and Laurie Samitaur Smith began working with architect Eric Owen Moss to convert the buildings one at a time under a project called Conjunctive Points. What started as a single renovation became a decades-long transformation of the entire district. Hackman Capital Partners later acquired and expanded the campus to its current scale. The architecture grew out of the buildings themselves, and that is why it cannot be replicated anywhere else in the market.

Who Rents in the Hayden Tract

Film, animation, and post-production companies have been here since the beginning. Technology companies, gaming studios, advertising firms, and design agencies followed. The common thread is that these are companies where the physical space is part of how they present themselves to clients and recruits. When you can walk a candidate through a building with 20-foot ceilings, original industrial skylights, and a courtyard, the space does some of the work for you. The tenant roster reinforces that. Companies that have options are choosing this address, and that matters to the people they are trying to hire.

Restaurants Near the Hayden Tract

  • Destroyer, 3578 Hayden Ave, Culver City 90232: Michelin-recognized all-day cafe inside the campus, breakfast and lunch
  • Gjelina, 1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice 90291: California cooking with a strong wine list, a short drive west
  • Loqui, 8830 Washington Blvd #104, Culver City 90232: Mexican street food at Platform, five minutes away on Washington Boulevard
  • Roberta’s, 8810 Washington Blvd, Culver City 90232: Brooklyn pizza shop with a loyal following, also at Platform

Landmarks Near the Hayden Tract

  • Platform, 8850 Washington Blvd, Culver City 90232: retail, dining, and office complex directly adjacent to the campus
  • Eric Owen Moss architecture, centered around 3520 Hayden Ave, Culver City 90232: the buildings themselves draw design-minded clients and visitors
  • Culver City Arts District, La Cienega Blvd at Washington Blvd, Culver City 90232: galleries and studios within walking distance

Getting To and From the Hayden Tract

  • Metro E Line (Expo), Culver City Station at 8817 Washington Blvd: a few minutes by bike or rideshare from the campus
  • Washington Boulevard and Venice Boulevard: connect directly to the I-10 and I-405 freeways
  • Culver CityBus: multiple lines stop in and around the campus
  • Bike lanes and pedestrian paths run through the district

Lease rates run at or above the Culver City Class A average. The more architecturally significant spaces sit toward the top of that range, and they do not stay available long when they come to market. Move-in ready suites exist for companies that need to be up and running quickly without waiting on a full build-out.

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